Workshop Series – Cataloging Middle Eastern Non-Book Materials Using RDA and MARC21
- Session 1: “Video Recordings” (Video\PDF) by Cyrus Ford ZarGanj, 2022
- Session 2: “Streaming Media” (Video\PDF) by Cyrus Ford ZarGanj, 2022
- Session 3: “Objects” (Video\PDF) by Cyrus Ford ZarGanj, 2023
- Session 4: “Electronic Resources” [to be announced]
MELA 2021
- “Subject Analysis Workshop” (Video\ Q&A) by Margaret W. Hughes, Metadata Librarian for Africana, Social Sciences & Humanities; Head, Classification Unit; Team Lead, Metadata Creation Unit, Stanford Library.
- “Cataloging manuscripts in the IFLA-LRM model” (Video\ PDF\ PPTX) by Dr. Jean N. Druel, OP, Researcher at the Dominican Institute, Cairo.
- “Wikidata and Libraries, a Potential Platform to Explore” (Video\ PDF) by Iman Dagher, Arabic & Islamic Studies Metadata Librarian, UCLA Library.
- “Unicode in OCLC: What can go wrong?” (Video\PDF) by Pavel Angelos, Metadata Librarian, Arabic Specialty at Princeton University Library.
- “Round Table: Cataloging Issues in OCLC” (Video\ PDF\ Form).
MELA 2020
- “Kurdish materials: romanization and access” (Video) by Michael Chyet, The Library of Congress.
- “Urdu resources : obstacles to discovery” (Video) by Younas, Muhammad, UCLA & Magda Gad, Stanford.
- “Improving Access to Arabic Materials: Better Records, Enhanced Discovery” (Video\ PDF) by Iman Dagher, UCLA.
- “Improving access to the Middle Eastern materials in OCLC by the means of automation” (Video\ PPT with notes) by Angelos, Pavel, Princeton University.
- “Improving access: adding non-Latin script via automation” (Part 1, Part 2) by Nora Avetyan, UCLA, & Peter Fletcher, UCLA.
MELA 2019
- “Navigate PCC as a Cataloger” by Jessalyn Zoom, The Library of Congress.
MELA 2018
- “The PCC ISNI Pilot: experimenting with identity management” by Tatyana Chubaryan, Texas A&M University Libraries.
- “OCLC’s Project Passage” by Joyce Bell, Princeton University.
MELA 2017
- “The Road to Discovery is Paved with Standards: Metadata Standards & Applications for Digital Resources” by Claudia Horning, UCLA.
MELA 2016
- “Linked Data and BIBFRAME” by Joyce Bell, Princeton University.
MELA 2015
- “Workshop on Islamic Manuscripts” (Exercises\ Video) by Evyn Kropf, University of Michigan & Denise Soufi, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
MELA 2014
- “Arabic Cataloging using RDA” (PDF\ PPT\ Examples) by Joyce Bell, Princeton University.
- “Authorities with RDA: The Basics & Beyond” by Iman Dagher, UCLA.
MELA 2013
- “Manuscripts Cataloguing Workshop” by Evyn Kropf, University of Michigan & Mark Muehlhausler, American University in Cairo.
MELA 2012
- “Getting ready for RDA” by Iman Dagher, UCLA.
- “RDA Discussion” (Examples\ Handout) by Joan Biella, Library of Congress.
- “RDA Authorities” by Joyce Bell, Princeton University.